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Box and Cover with Inlaid Crane Design

청자 상감 학무늬 합 (靑磁象嵌鶴文盒)

1200s
(918–1392)
celadon
Diameter: 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Gift of John L. Severance 1918.424
Location: not on view
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This ceramic container was used to store either incense or cosmetics.

Description

Celadons, spoons, seals, and bronze mirrors were the most common burial objects in tombs during the Goryeo period (918-1392). Once used to contain color powder, rouge and eyebrow gel for makeup, this small container was one of the standard goods that furnished elites' tombs. Goryeo-period women and men used the grain powder of rice or millet for whitening their skin, safflower extract for rouge, and plant ash or soot for eyebrow gel. Yet, natural-looking make-up seems to have been the most favorable one in Korea according to the travelogue by Xu Jing (1091-1153), the Chinese diplomat who visited Korea in 1123.
Box and Cover with Inlaid Crane Design

Box and Cover with Inlaid Crane Design

1200s

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

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